Garment-protector.



0- M. GOODEL GARMENT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1917.

1,232,530, Patented July 10, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET If O. M. GOODE.

' GARMENT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Patented July 10, 1917 OVELIA MAMIE GOODE, OF SOUTH BEND, TEXAS.

GARMENT-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted July 10 191"? Application filed February 2, 1917. Serial No. 146,094.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OVELIA MAMIE GoonE, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of Young and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Garment-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the follow- I ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in garment protectors, and has for its primary object the provision of a protector of this type including a combined cloak, skirt and leg protector and hood, so combined that the device can be comfortably worn by the wearer, and the said leg protectors being of such construction that when not in use can. be folded within the body of the protector and be so concealed as not to come in con tact with the garments of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to so form the hood of the protector that when not in use the same can be unfolded from hood formation and serve as a cape.

Other objects will appearand be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the protector in open position ready to be applied to the body of a person,

Fig. 2 is a front view of the protector. as it appears when applied to the body of a person,

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. l, but with the leg protectors in folded position and showing the shield, partially in section, that prevents the leg protectors from coming in contact with the persons garments, when the protector is in operative position on the body of a person,

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line k4- of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a detail rear view of the upper end of the protector with the hood in unfolded position,

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the lower end of a modified form of protector, showing the same provided with a shield for the lower portion of a skirt.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the rotector is d ignated, as an entire y, by

the numeral 1 and is formed preferably of rubberized cloth, and includes a cloak portion 2 adapted to fit over the body of the user, and is provided adjacent its upper end with sleeves 3. The lower edge of the cloak portion 2 has associated therewith, a dress or skirt protector 4. This skirt or dress protector 4 is composed of companion sections, as shown in Fig. l, and when the protector 1 is applied to the body of the wearer, the sections of the skirt protector extend around the lower edge of the skirt of the user, andhave their meeting edges, at the front of the protector. detachablv secured together by suitable fasteners. The meeting edges of the cloak 2 of the protector are also adapted to be detachably connected by means of suitable fastening devices, such as buttons, as shown in'F'ig. 2 of the drawings. The sections of the skirt protector 4 have extensions 5 thereon that are adapted to be folded around the legsof the wearer, to serve as leggings, and each extension 5 is adapted, when in operative position, to have the meeting edges thereof detachablv connected to each other by means of suitable fastening devices 6, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. VVhen it is not desired to use the skirt protector 4, and the leggings 5, the said skirt protector l and leggings 5 are folded within the body of the cloak, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawngs, and are held in inoperative position by means of suitable ball and socket fasteners, designated 7. A shield8 islocated within the cloak portion 2 of the protector, and extends around the interior thereof, and when the skirt protector 4: and leggings 5 are in folded position, as shown in Fig. 3. the same lie between the shield 8 and the inner surface of the body of the cloak portion 2, so as not to come in contact with the garments of the wearer, thereby reventing soiling of the garments. The upper end of the cloak 2 has associated therewith a hood, which comprises a body 9 formed of flexible material and has one edge thereof secured to the upper edge or neck portion of the cloak 2. The body 9 has that edge opposite the one that is secured to the neck portion of the cloak 2 provided with spaced V-shaped slits to divide the mentioned edge of the body into an intermediate extension 10, and opposite end extensions 11 and 12, each of which is provided with a pair of spaced button holes 13.

In folding the o y Qintii hood. formati n,

the free end of the extension 12 is folded over upon the extension 10, as shown in Fig. 2, and has the button holes 13 therein receiving buttons 14 secured to the intermediate extension 10 at the opposite ends of the free longitudinal edges thereof. The free end of the extension 11 is then folded over upon the free end of the extension 12, and, like the extension 12, has the button holes therein receiving the buttons 14, as shown in Fig. 2. The body 9 is also provided, adjacent the secured edge thereof, and adjacent its opposite ends with extensions 16, which are spaced from the neck portion of the cloak 2 and are adapted, when the protector is applied to the body of a person and the hood is positioned on the head of the person, to be engaged beneath the chin of the person and to be detachably connected to each other by means of a ball and socket fastener 17 and 18.

When the body 9 of the hood is in unfolded position, the same depends in rear of'the-cloak portion 2, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings, the leggings 5 are done away with and the lower edge of the skirt protector 4: is provided with a flap or extension 19, which is foldable within the protector 4, and has its inner free edge provided with flexible securing elements 20,

in the nature of straps, which are adapted,

when the protector is applied to the body of the wearer, to be encircled around the legs of the wearer. When the inner free edge of the extension 19 is thus secured to the legs of the wearer, a suitable pocket will be provided between the extension 19 and the protector & for the reception of the lower end of the skirt of the wearer. When it is desired, the straps 20 can be detached from the legs of the wearer and engaged in loops 21, secured to the inner surface of the copies of this patent may be obtained for.

skirt protector 1, so as to admit of the extension 19 lying in close proximity to the inner surface of the skirt protector 4.

It is evident that various changes may be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, is:

1. A garment protector comprising a cloak portion; a shield located on the inner surface of the body portion of the cloak, and a skirt secured to the lower edge of the cloak portion and adapted, when not in use, to be folded within the cloak portion and to be interposed between the interior of the cloak and the shield.

2. A garment protector comprising a cloak portion, a skirt portion secured to the lower edge of the cloak portion and adapted when not in use to be folded within the cloak portion, leggings carried by the skirt portion, and a shield engaging over the skirt portion and the leggings when folded within the cloak portion.

3. A garment protector including a cloak portion and a body carried by the neck of the cloak portion and having an intermediate and opposite end extensions, the said end extensions being adapted to be folded in overlapping relation on the intermediate extension and to cooperate with the intermediate extension in defining a hood, and means for detachably connecting the end extensions to the intermediate extension.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OVELIA MAMIE GOODE.

l/Vitnesses: y

W. M. Goonn, Jr., 1 R. C. Goons.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent Washington, D. G. 

